Ohm Shanthi Oshaana
| Ohm Shanthi Oshaana | |
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| Directed by | Jude Anthany Joseph |
| Screenplay by | |
| Story by | Midhun Manuel Thomas |
| Produced by | Alvin Antony |
| Starring | |
| Narrated by | Salim Kumar |
| Cinematography | Vinod Illampally |
| Edited by | Lijo Paul |
| Music by | Shaan Rahman |
Production company | Ananya Films |
| Distributed by | PJ Entertainments (Europe) Tricolor Entertainments (Asia Pacific) |
Release date |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Box office | est. ₹10.3 crore[1] |
Ohm Shanthi Oshaana is a 2014 Indian Malayalam-language coming-of-age romantic comedy film co-written and directed by Jude Anthany Joseph. The story was conceived by Midhun Manuel Thomas who wrote the screenplay along with Joseph.[2] Produced by Ananya Films, the film stars Nazriya Nazim and Nivin Pauly with Vineeth Sreenivasan, Renji Panicker and Aju Varghese.[3][4]
Ohm Shanthi Oshaana was released on 7 February 2014 with positive reviews with praising for Nazriya and Nivin's performances. It became one of the highest grossing films of the year and won three Kerala State Film Awards: Best Popular Film, Best Actress (for Nazriya) and Best Editor (for Paul).[5][6]
Plot
[edit]The film begins in 1983 as Dr. Mathew Devasya anxiously paces the hall outside of a delivery room. He learns that his wife has delivered a baby boy and thanks God for the good news. A stranger comments that Mathew was lucky the baby was not a girl, as he would have had to worry about her all his life. As the stranger says this, a nurse comes out of the delivery room carrying the baby, apologizing that she made a mistake, and confirming that the baby is actually a girl. Mathew glares at the stranger and praises God once again.
The story resumes in 1999 where the baby girl, Pooja Mathew, is now a seventeen year old tomboy in grade 12. She introduces the audience to her parents. Her father is a doctor by profession and enjoys recording and listening to his own renditions of songs. Her mother, a college lecturer by profession, is a sweet and down-to-earth woman who loves cooking and appreciating her own culinary skills. Pooja also has two friends: Neetu, a flirt, and Donna, a foodie.
Pooja recounts her childhood memories of being a tomboy, riding a motorbike, and of her friendship with Rachel Aunty who makes and sells wine as her job. Pooja is her official wine taster. During one of their meetings, she tells Pooja that she can either choose to marry a man she loves or learn to love a stranger that she is forced to marry through arranged marriage. Because of her advice, Pooja decides that she must find someone to love herself.
She settles on Yardley, a popular boy in her school. During a school trip, Yardley approaches Pooja and reveals his crush on her. The next day, she and her friends see a gang of men harassing girls at a waterpark. Pooja gets angry and gets into a fight with them. When one of the gang twists her arm, a man named Giri appears and saves her. Pooja instantly falls for Giri and immediately rejects Yardley, explaining that she cannot accept his proposal as she does not have romantic feelings for him.
Over the course of the rest of the film, Pooja constantly tries to attract the attention of and learn more about Giri, who has now graduated from college and lives as a part-time farmer and Kung Fu sensei. At one point, she learns from her cousin David Kanjyani that his twin, Julie Kanjyani, used to be Giri's girlfriend, but was married off to another man from the US by David and Julie's father, resulting in enmity between Giri and David. She also learns from Rachel that Giri had been considered as a good suitor to her daughter Helen as well. The year is 2000. On Giri's birthday, which also happens to be a Palm Sunday, Pooja decides that she will confess to him with a keychain. When she visits him, it begins to rain and they take shelter in a temple. However, when Pooja tries to declare her love, Giri cuts her off. Telling her that she is just a kid and that she needs to concentrate on her studies because she is destined to become successful, he rejects her. Pooja drops the keychain, and leaves Giri behind into the rain in tears.
Pooja is distraught by Giri's rejection, but focuses on her studies as Giri had requested. She passes her medical entrance exams and goes to Kozhikode Medical College. Pooja tries to contact Giri before leaving, but learns that he was forced to visit China on a Kung Fu Academy trip as he was involved in the love marriage of his friend and the bride's household threatened to kill him. Pooja also has a dream that Giri now has a family with a Chinese woman. At the medical college, she is still friends with Neetu, and another student, Anna. She also befriends a young professor, Dr. Prasad Varkey. During her final year in 2005-06, she runs into Giri again. She confides in Dr. Prasad about Giri and he advises her that enough time has passed and she should pursue him if she is still interested. When Giri's mother is admitted to the hospital, Pooja takes care of her in an effort to get closer to Giri. When Giri's friend Thennal comes to visit, Pooja thinks they are in a relationship and becomes jealous, until she learns that Thennal is already married to Giri's friend.
Pooja comes home to stay with her parents and continues her pursuit of Giri by helping him with his social activities like performing community weddings. Now Giri is 28 and Pooja is 21. During this time, she surprises him by helping to publish a book his mother wrote. Though Pooja thinks Giri has started to care for her, she is heartbroken to learn that Giri is engaged to Sreelakshmi, one of their childhood friends. She learns that David had betrayed Giri in their college days, hence David runs away whenever he sees Giri. One day after Church, David asks Pooja and Giri to help him elope with his love interest Nazeema. After they help him, David gives Giri a letter, telling him only to read it after they've left. When Giri opens the letter, he finds out that David had actually eloped with Sreelakshmi.
Later, Rachel gestures Pooja towards Giri. They go to the same place where Pooja had first proposed to Giri. As she walks up to Giri, he admits that he has loved her all along. He reveals that he kept some memories like the keychain that Pooja originally meant to give him. They get married soon after and Pooja reveals that Dr. Prasad has married Anna, Neetu has married Yardley and that things were going well. Giri has also opened his own KungFu academy. Presently, they (Pooja, Giri and their toddler daughter) are visiting her friend Anna. During their pep-talk, Prasad enquires about the daughter's name to which Giri replies is "Julie" (named after Giri's ex-girlfriend) much to Pooja's annoyance, which she narrates in the end that "men never forget their first lovers".
Cast
[edit]- Nazriya Nazim as Dr. Pooja Mathew
- Nivin Pauly as Giri Madhavan
- Vineeth Srinivasan as Dr. Prasad Varkey
- Aju Varghese as David Kanjyani
- Renji Panicker as Dr. Mathew Devasya / Mathayi, Pooja's father
- Anju Kurian as Dr. Anna Maria
- Akshaya Premnath as Neethu
- Manju Satheesh as Annie, Pooja's mother
- Vinaya Prasad as Rachel "Wine Aunty"
- Sharaf U Dheen as Sunny
- Shobha Mohan as Sumithra Madhavan, Giri's mother
- Harikrishnan as Yardley Avaraan
- Oshein Mertil as Donna
- Nimisha Suresh as Sreelakshmi
- Poojitha Menon as Julie Kanjyani
- Parvathi T as Principal Rosamma P.V
- Suja Menon as Sreelakshmi's elder sister
- Nandakishore as Priest
- Tony Alex Valluvassery as Donna's husband
- Anumod Sakar as Pervert Neji
- Pradeep Kottayam as Jacob
- Nikki Galrani as Thennal K. Warrier (cameo appearance)
- Vijayaraghavan as Tomichan, Rachel's husband (cameo appearance)
- Lal Jose as Jacob Tharakan (cameo appearance)
- Murali as Sakhaav Madhavan, Giri's father (photo presence)
- Salim Kumar as Narrator
- Midhun Manuel Thomas as Man at Bus stand (cameo appearance)
- Teenu as the Chinese woman from Pooja's dream (cameo appearance)
Reception
[edit]Critical reception
[edit]Oneindia termed the film as "entertaining" and stated, "The film has its share of happiness, one-liners and decent performances from the leading pair."[7] The New Indian Express called it a "peaceful attempt at film making".[8] "Sify" stated, "Jude Anthany Joseph, creates an engaging enough drama in Ohm Shanthi Oshaana, that you're happy to emotionally invest in [it]."[9]
Box office
[edit]The film completed 100 days in 12 screens.[10] It grossed over ₹2.7 crore (US$320,000) in 4 days at the Indian box office.[11] The film collected ₹6.1 crore in its three weeks in Kerala box office.[12] The film completed 50 days n 25 screens.[13] Overall, the film grossed ₹10.3 crore (US$1.2 million) at the box office. It was one of the biggest commercial successes of 2014 in Malayalam.[1]
Soundtrack
[edit]| Ohm Shanthi Oshaana | ||||
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| Released | 27 January 2014 | |||
| Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
| Label | Think Music India | |||
| Producer | Shaan Rahman | |||
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Ohm Shanti Oshaana's music was composed by Shaan Rahman with lyrics by Manu Manjith.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Kattu Mooliyo" | Vineeth Sreenivasan | 03:49 |
| 2. | "Mounam Chorum Neram" | Rinu Razak, Hesham | 03:11 |
| 3. | "Sneham Cherum Neram" | Rinu Razak, Hesham | 03:11 |
| 4. | "Mandaarame" | Job Kurian, Shaan Rahman | 03:24 |
| 5. | "Ee Mazha Megham" | Remya Nambeesan | 02:36 |
| 6. | "Neelakasham" | Shaan Rahman | 02:29 |
| Total length: | 25:58 | ||
Accolades
[edit]45th Kerala State Film Awards[6]
- Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value – Alvin Antony
- Best Actress – Nazriya Nazim[a]
- Best Editor – Lijo Paul
- 2014: Best Family Film – Alvin Antony
- 2014: Best Script – Midhun Manuel Thomas
Film Critics Awards[15]
- 2014: Atlas Film Critics Award for Best Debutant Director
Legacy
[edit]Ohm Shanthi Oshaana is considered to be a "rarity" in Malayalam films, because it was narrated from a woman’s perspective.[16] Several publication such as ScoopWhoop and The Hindu consider Nazriya Nazim's character among the strongest female roles in Malayalam films.[16][17] Praising her portrayal in the film, Ranjana K of Mathrubhumi opined that there is no actress in Malayalam cinema to replace Nazriya.[18]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Nazriya also won it for Bangalore Days
References
[edit]- ^ a b Anu James (11 October 2015). "Happy Birthday Nivin Pauly: Journey of an engineer who has become youth icon of Malayalam films". International Business Times.
- ^ "Nivin and Nazriya set for an encore". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 19 June 2013.
- ^ "Nivin Pauly's Om Shanti Osana Starts Rolling". www.filmibeat.com. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ^ "On the Fast track!". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 19 July 2013.
- ^ Kerala Chalachitra Academy (10 August 2015). "State Film Award 2014". Keralafilm.com. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ^ a b Onmanorama Staff (10 August 2015). "State Awards: Nazriya, Nivin, Sudev bag top honours". Malayala Manorama. Archived from the original on 13 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ^ Krishna, Ajin (7 February 2014). "Om Shanti Oshana Movie Review - An Enjoyable Flick!". Filmibeat.
- ^ "Om Shanthi Oshana is a 'Peaceful' Attempt at Film Making". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 20 November 2017.
- ^ "Om Shanti Oshana Movie Review". Sify. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015.
- ^ "Kerala Box-Office (March 2014)". Sify. 3 April 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
- ^ Sangeetha Seshagiri (11 February 2014). "Box Office: Nazriya Nazim's 'Ohm Shanthi Oshana', Mohanlal's 'Drishyam' Collections".
- ^ "Kerala Box-Office( Feb 10- 28)". Sify. 28 April 2014. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016.
- ^ "Kerala Box-Office (March 2014)". Sify. 3 February 2014. Archived from the original on 7 December 2017.
- ^ "Asiavision Awards 2014". International Business Times. 3 November 2014. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ A Correspondent. "Critics award for Ottaal, Iyyobinte Pusthakam". The Hindu.
- ^ a b Sathyendran, Nita. "The best women-centric Malayalam films of the decade". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ Jacob, Shalin. "15 powerful female characters in Malayalam films that are slowly breaking stereotypes". ScoopWhoop. Archived from the original on 28 May 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- ^ K., Ranjana (30 December 2019). "ഈ ദശാബ്ദത്തിലെ മികച്ച സിനിമകള് ഏതൊക്കെ?" [Which are the Best Films of This Decade?]. Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam). Archived from the original on 13 January 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2020.